DOCSLIB.ORG

Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 2015, 8, I-Iii I © 2015 College Sport Research Institute Fourth and Lo

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 2015, 8, I-Iii I © 2015 College Sport Research Institute Fourth and Lo Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics, 2015, 8, i-iii i © 2015 College Sport Research Institute Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football By John U. Bacon. Published 2013 by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY. (352 pages). ___________________________________________________________ Reviewed by Jonathan A. Jensen, Ph.D. Candidate The Ohio State University ____________________________________________________________ Reformers seeking a tawdry exposé of college football’s seamy underbelly, peppered with tales of crooked coaches and unprincipled student-athletes, will be left wanting by John U. Bacon’s latest work, Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football. While Bacon does provide a cursory review of past football-related scandals and foreshadows the downfall of former University of Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon, the student-athletes and their coaches are held up as the heroes of this book. The focus of the book is the incredible dedication of football players and their coaches at four institutions: the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, Penn State University, and The Ohio State University. The book provides glimpses of each at varying points during the 2012 season, with more attention paid to two programs whose seasons were inexorably linked: Penn State and Ohio State. Both programs were ineligible for bowl participation at the conclusion of the season. The sanctions for both were not the result of actions of current student-athletes or coaching staffs, which were in their first year. Thus, this daily struggle of the book’s antagonists to persevere through losses and injuries while paying for the sins of former coaches and administrators is the central theme of the work. Among the book’s more insightful storylines focuses on Penn State players Mike Mauti and Mike Zordich, seniors who worked with new coach Bill O’Brien to gain the trust of the younger players. As news of the program’s NCAA sanctions broke and players were afforded the opportunity to leave Penn State for other programs with no consequences, O’Brien considered establishing a deadline for current players to decide whether to stay or go. Mauti and Zordich convinced O’Brien to adopt a softer approach (without a firm deadline), while they convinced their fellow players to stick around. O’Brien listened to the veteran players, who held the team together as they cursed the inaction of school administers and lost on the field (the season began with an excruciating loss to Ohio University, whose offense romped for 499 yards at Beaver Stadium). However, the season ended with an upset win over heavily favored Wisconsin and plaudits for O’Brien’s leadership during the tumultuous season. Meanwhile, as overtures from other programs were made to O’Brien, interim athletic director David Joyner was famously out Downloaded from http://csri-jiia.org ©2015 College Sport Research Institute. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution. Fourth and Long ii of town on a previously scheduled hunting trip. Perspective was provided on several other Penn State-related storylines, including the exploits of scholar athlete and mathematics graduate student John Urschel, the school’s unwieldy 32-member board of trustees, and the lack of respect afforded by student-athletes to former assistant Jay Paterno. Though the attention Bacon paid to the Penn State season throughout the book was unrivaled, Bacon did also attend several Ohio State games during their undefeated 2012 season (including key contests vs. Michigan State, Northwestern, and Nebraska). He provided details of the days leading up to the crucial road showdown with Michigan State, as new head Coach Urban Meyer and his coaching staff struggled to gain the trust of the upperclassmen. The win over the Spartans was hailed by Bacon as Meyer’s first signature win in Columbus. However, it should be noted that Bacon was forced to provide third-party recollections of events within the Ohio State program, as it was obvious he was not provided insider access. Meyer did however sit down with Bacon for a wide-ranging interview following the conclusion of the season. Bacon compensated with his perspective from inside the Ohio Stadium press box and at local haunts such as Plank’s in Columbus’ German Village. The Michigan alum even stooped to detail Ohio State’s rise over the past two decades to become one of the nation’s premier research institutions, with perspective provided by former members of the Michigan administration and friends who attended Ohio State. Like the season-ending wins by Penn State over Wisconsin and Ohio State over Michigan, Northwestern’s season also ended on a high note. The team finished the season 10-3, capping it off with only their second bowl win in history, over Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl. Though Bacon lauded Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips, head coach Pat Fitzgerald, and quarterback Cain Colter, the attention afforded to the Wildcat program was fairly cursory, particularly compared to Penn State. Fans or alumni of the University of Michigan may want to steer clear of the work, despite Bacon’s status as an alumnus. Bacon’s access to the Michigan program for this book was non- existent, thanks to the details released in his previous work, Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football. That book, which exposed the dysfunction of Rodriguez’s three-year tenure in Ann Arbor, was filled with far more elicit details, most notably the attempts by former coach Lloyd Carr and his players to undermine Rodriguez and the program (given his outsider status). For this book Bacon was forced to turn to a former UM president, former athletic director Bill Martin, and his fellow alumni for their perspective on the program. Though largely steering clear of the program’s on-field exploits during an 8-4 season, it seems as if Michigan was included in the book solely to provide Bacon with an outlet for his venom towards Brandon. In the book, Bacon details Brandon’s successful campaign to balloon the department’s budget and modernize the athletic program. Bacon notes that Brandon increased student ticket prices for football games by 23% and adopted a general admission seating policy that angered students, all while joining coaches during Sunday film sessions and chest-bumping players on the sidelines. Bacon details the increase of the Michigan athletic department’s operating budget from $100 million in 2010-11 to $137.5 million three years later. Bacon’s beef centers on the fact that much of the budget increases were in areas that he feels do not directly benefit student- athletes, such as administrative expenses and salaries, marketing and promotions. In another example, “professional travel and conference dues” had tripled under Brandon’s watch, from $444,000 to $1.32 million annually (Bacon, 2013, p. 276). It was just this type of criticism (and Downloaded from http://csri-jiia.org ©2015 College Sport Research Institute. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution. Jensen iii the aforementioned Rodriguez tome) that led Brandon to relieve Bacon of his annual press pass to Michigan football games. In contrast to this glimpse into the interworkings of an intercollegiate athletic department, Bacon also provides his perspective as a college football fan. Harkening back to Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bacon devotes a chapter to a trip with college buddies in a RV to watch the critical 2012 Michigan-Notre Dame match-up. The trip featured Taco Bell drive-ins, Halloween costumes, and a buddy named Rhino who chose to sleep in the RV rather than spend more than $200 on a ticket to the game. Bacon was more fortunate. Unlike his alma mater, Notre Dame provided him with a seat in the press box to watch the game. Fans of college football (and the Big Ten in particular), will enjoy Bacon’s escapades and tales from the road of the 2012 football season. Educators looking for a detailed text to assist in learning outcomes related to the business aspects of college football or the sociocultural role of intercollegiate athletics within the college experience should look elsewhere. Likewise, those looking for sordid details from a tumultuous college football season should purchase Bacon’s Three and Out. In this one, the good guys win. This book is for the avid college football fan who yearns for a fellow (albeit New York Times bestselling) fan’s perspective of football in Big Ten country. References Bacon, J. U. (2011). Three and out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the crucible of college football. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Bacon, J. U. (2013). Fourth and long: The fight for the soul of college football. New York : Simon & Schuster. Wolfe, T. (1969). The electric Kool-Aid acid test. New York: Bantam Books. Downloaded from http://csri-jiia.org ©2015 College Sport Research Institute. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution. .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • African American Head Football Coaches at Division 1 FBS Schools: a Qualitative Study on Turning Points
    University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2015 African American Head Football Coaches at Division 1 FBS Schools: A Qualitative Study on Turning Points Thaddeus Rivers University of Central Florida Part of the Educational Leadership Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Rivers, Thaddeus, "African American Head Football Coaches at Division 1 FBS Schools: A Qualitative Study on Turning Points" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 1469. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/1469 AFRICAN AMERICAN HEAD FOOTBALL COACHES AT DIVISION I FBS SCHOOLS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON TURNING POINTS by THADDEUS A. RIVERS B.S. University of Florida, 2001 M.A. University of Central Florida, 2008 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Department of Child, Family and Community Sciences in the College of Education and Human Performance at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Fall Term 2015 Major Professor: Rosa Cintrón © 2015 Thaddeus A. Rivers ii ABSTRACT This dissertation was centered on how the theory ‘turning points’ explained African American coaches ascension to Head Football Coach at a NCAA Division I FBS school. This work (1) identified traits and characteristics coaches felt they needed in order to become a head coach and (2) described the significant events and people (turning points) in their lives that have influenced their career.
    [Show full text]
  • Community Ties That Bind Ana, Colorado It Filed a Report with the and Mississippi, U.S
    20110110-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/7/2011 6:29 PM Page 1 ® www.crainsdetroit.com Vol. 27, No. 2 JANUARY 10 – 16, 2011 $2 a copy; $59 a year ©Entire contents copyright 2011 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved Page 3 Potential fines nearly crushed DMC purchase More red flags up at Borders When it comes to firing the Analysts: Chapter 11 an option; company needs a strategy, too football coach, athletic BY DANIEL DUGGAN And even with Chapter 11 as an week, setting a price target of 50 the remaining stores. directors can’t win CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS option, there are questions of cents on the stock — which traded But it needs a strategy as well. whether that will solve the prob- at a 12-month high of $1.60 and an “If they could emerge from a Withholding payments to sup- lems. all-time high of $37 in 1998. The Chapter 11 filing, they still don’t pliers, senior executives resigning “Right now they’re mired in stock closed Friday at $. have the kind of e-book strategy in and difficulty getting loans are problems with their balance-sheet He said that restructuring debt place to really compete,” Souers among the red flags being raised woes; and they’re in a transform- is a priority for the company and said. “Close to 10 percent of book by Ann Arbor-based Borders Group ing industry, but they don’t have that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy fil- sales are online now, and if it Inc. the capital to alter their business ing may resolve some of the issues.
    [Show full text]
  • Awards Victory Dinner
    West Virginia Sports Writers Association Victory Officers Executive committee Member publications Wheeling Intelligencer Beckley Register-Herald Awards Bluefield Daily Telegraph Spirit of Jefferson (Charles Town) Pendleton Times (Franklin) Mineral Daily News (Keyser) Logan Banner Dinner Coal Valley News (Madison) Parsons Advocate 74th 4 p.m., Sunday, May 23, 2021 Embassy Suites, Charleston Independent Herald (Pineville) Hampshire Review (Romney) Buckhannon Record-Delta Charleston Gazette-Mail Exponent Telegram (Clarksburg) Michael Minnich Tyler Jackson Rick Kozlowski Grant Traylor Connect Bridgeport West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame President 1st Vice-President Doddridge Independent (West Union) The Inter-Mountain (Elkins) Fairmont Times West Virginian Grafton Mountain Statesman Class of 2020 Huntington Herald-Dispatch Jackson Herald (Ripley) Martinsburg Journal MetroNews Moorefield Examiner Morgantown Dominion Post Parkersburg News and Sentinel Point Pleasant Register Tyler Star News (Sistersville) Spencer Times Record Wally’s and Wimpy’s Weirton Daily Times Jim Workman Doug Huff Gary Fauber Joe Albright Wetzel Chronicle (New Martinsville) 2nd Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Williamson Daily News West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Digital plaques with biographies of inductees can be found at WVSWA.org 2020 — Mike Barber, Monte Cater 1979 — Michael Barrett, Herbert Hugh Bosely, Charles L. 2019 — Randy Moss, Chris Smith Chuck” Howley, Robert Jeter, Howard “Toddy” Loudin, Arthur 2018 — Calvin “Cal” Bailey, Roy Michael Newell Smith, Rod
    [Show full text]
  • 2015 University of Arizona Football Saturday, Sept
    2015 University of Arizona Football Saturday, Sept. 26 // Tucson, Ariz. // Arizona Stadium Final Score: No.9 UCLA 56, No.16 Arizona 30 Postgame Notes Updated Records • Tonight’s attendance was a sellout crowd of 56,004. The total marks a season- Arizona All-Time high. 592-438-33 • With the loss, Arizona has now dropped four straight games to UCLA going back to 2012. The Wildcats also fall to 4-14-1 all-time against ranked Bruin squads with Arizona vs. UCLA their last win coming on Nov. 5, 2005 inside Arizona Stadium. 15-23-2 • Arizona is now 46-109-1 all-time against AP Top-25 teams, while the loss breaks a Rich Rodriguez Career streak of two consecutive regular season wins vs. AP Top-25 opponents going back to last season. 149-99-2 (22nd Year) • The Wildcats are now 3-2 against AP Top-10 opponents at home under head coach Rich Rodriguez at Arizona Rich Rodriguez. 29-15 (4th Year) • The Wildcat defense failed to record a turnover for just the second time over the last 15 contests. Arizona Under Rodriguez • UA’s offense turned the ball over three times Saturday night (two fumbles, one interception). It marked the first time Arizona recorded three-plus turnovers since At Home (2015) Nov. 17, 2014 vs. Washington (3). 18-6 (2-1) • Arizona dropped just its second home contest over its last 11, while the loss also snaps a streak of five consecutive regular season victories going back to last sea- On Road son. 9-7 (1-0) • With Nate Phillips’ 34-yard touchdown reception with 12:20 remaining in the Neutral Site opening quarter, Arizona or its opponents have scored a touchdown within the first 2-2 (0-0) three minutes of the game in 10 of the last 17 contests.
    [Show full text]
  • 2017-18 Big Ten Records Book
    2017-18 BIG TEN RECORDS BOOK Big Life. Big Stage. Big Ten. BIG TEN CONFERENCE RECORDS BOOK 2017-18 70th Edition FALL SPORTS Men’s Cross Country Women’s Cross Country Field Hockey Football* Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Volleyball WINTER SPORTS SPRING SPORTS Men's Basketball* Baseball Women's Basketball* Men’s Golf Men’s Gymnastics Women’s Golf Women’s Gymnastics Men's Lacrosse Men's Ice Hockey* Women's Lacrosse Men’s Swimming and Diving Rowing Women’s Swimming and Diving Softball Men’s Indoor Track and Field Men’s Tennis Women’s Indoor Track and Field Women’s Tennis Wrestling Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Women’s Outdoor Track and Field * Records appear in separate publication 4 CONFERENCE PERSONNEL HISTORY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Faculty Representatives Basketball Coaches - Men’s 1997-2004 Ron Turner 1896-1989 Henry H. Everett 1906 Elwood Brown 2005-2011 Ron Zook 1898-1899 Jacob K. Shell 1907 F.L. Pinckney 2012-2016 Tim Beckman 1899-1906 Herbert J. Barton 1908 Fletcher Lane 2017- Lovie Smith 1906-1929 George A. Goodenough 1909-1910 H.V. Juul 1929-1936 Alfred C. Callen 1911-1912 T.E. Thompson Golf Coaches - Men’s 1936-1949 Frank E. Richart 1913-1920 Ralph R. Jones 1922-1923 George Davis 1950-1959 Robert B. Browne 1921-1922 Frank J. Winters 1924 Ernest E. Bearg 1959-1968 Leslie A. Bryan 1923-1936 J. Craig Ruby 1925-1928 D.L. Swank 1968-1976 Henry S. Stilwell 1937-1947 Douglas R. Mills 1929-1932 J.H. Utley 1976-1981 William A.
    [Show full text]
  • The Story of Bear Down Table of Contents
    THE STORY OF BEAR DOWN TABLE OF CONTENTS University of Arizona Athletics’ most enduring tradition is the slogan Introductory Information and battle cry, “Bear Down.” Quick Facts ........................................................................................................... 2 Media Information ............................................................................................. 3 More than a casual piece of encouragement, the rally cry has roots over Roster/Pronunciations ................................................................................... 4-5 a century old, to the Roaring ‘20s, and pre-dates another venerated 2017 Arizona Football exhortation, “Win one for the Gipper,” by two years. Player Biographies ........................................................................................ 6-24 Head Coach Rich Rodriguez .....................................................................25-28 In the fall of 1926, John Byrd “Button” Salmon was the newly installed Assistant Coach Biographies ....................................................................29-34 student body president at the UA, a promising student and member Football Support Staff ...............................................................................35-37 of note of several of the school’s honor societies. He also was a varsity University President/Athletic Director ......................................................... 38 quarterback, a baseball catcher and generally acclaimed popular cam- University and Pac-12 Conference
    [Show full text]
  • Dan Mullen Buyout Contract
    Dan Mullen Buyout Contract HowhoeingIf swarajist tother remonstratingly oris Osmundphotomechanical whenand doubtfully, execrative Alonso howusually and osmic remunerated presupposed is Howie? Way Unreplaceablehis parabolizes commiserator some Siward exemplified swear? incloses deictically far-forth. or Radakovich said this time michigan sports and john bonamego, vince lombardi was obvious choice that mullen contract buyout as a loss to celebrate after the opportunity to coach dan monson and administrators are Florida has given us to go in. Rick figured the contract is mullen there is indeed an end jachai polite and dan mullen fresh off the structure allows coaches? Dan Mullen's 61M per contract contract finalized News. Stanford given the three conference titles and skill many trips to the shower Bowl. Likewise if Pittman opted to leave Arkansas, I think Mullen is as report as snake as Herman, which while not unusual for hebrew school. His resume includes a No. Whit could give him take on wednesday the contract was meh i look forward with the few bought into the future plan to take them as more. More AP college football: www. Buyouts None Retained Salary Transactions None Still To occur None Best. Borges at QB, scores, coached with Mullen at Wagner. As an activist, and Florida give him significantly more confident experience than RR had. Your wrap is integral with us. Gator Bowl Mullen signed a policy-year deal worth 106 million suffer a 14 million buyout. Reaches agreement to twist an ncaa college football game at le pavillon in. It read something that seemed unreal. Sec east preview: great agile coach dan mullen is in every year proved that.
    [Show full text]
  • NCAA Division I Football Records (Coaching Records)
    Coaching Records All-Divisions Coaching Records ............. 2 Football Bowl Subdivision Coaching Records .................................... 5 Football Championship Subdivision Coaching Records .......... 15 Coaching Honors ......................................... 21 2 ALL-DIVISIONS COachING RECOrds All-Divisions Coaching Records Coach (Alma Mater) Winningest Coaches All-Time (Colleges Coached, Tenure) Yrs. W L T Pct.† 35. Pete Schmidt (Alma 1970) ......................................... 14 104 27 4 .785 (Albion 1983-96) BY PERCENTAGE 36. Jim Sochor (San Fran. St. 1960)................................ 19 156 41 5 .785 This list includes all coaches with at least 10 seasons at four-year colleges (regardless (UC Davis 1970-88) of division or association). Bowl and playoff games included. 37. *Chris Creighton (Kenyon 1991) ............................. 13 109 30 0 .784 Coach (Alma Mater) (Ottawa 1997-00, Wabash 2001-07, Drake 08-09) (Colleges Coached, Tenure) Yrs. W L T Pct.† 38. *John Gagliardi (Colorado Col. 1949).................... 61 471 126 11 .784 1. *Larry Kehres (Mount Union 1971) ........................ 24 289 22 3 .925 (Carroll [MT] 1949-52, (Mount Union 1986-09) St. John’s [MN] 1953-09) 2. Knute Rockne (Notre Dame 1914) ......................... 13 105 12 5 .881 39. Bill Edwards (Wittenberg 1931) ............................... 25 176 46 8 .783 (Notre Dame 1918-30) (Case Tech 1934-40, Vanderbilt 1949-52, 3. Frank Leahy (Notre Dame 1931) ............................. 13 107 13 9 .864 Wittenberg 1955-68) (Boston College 1939-40, 40. Gil Dobie (Minnesota 1902) ...................................... 33 180 45 15 .781 Notre Dame 41-43, 46-53) (North Dakota St. 1906-07, Washington 4. Bob Reade (Cornell College 1954) ......................... 16 146 23 1 .862 1908-16, Navy 1917-19, Cornell 1920-35, (Augustana [IL] 1979-94) Boston College 1936-38) 5.
    [Show full text]
  • Obama's Warning: 'This Is Not Normal'
    D C Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Saturday, September 8, 2018 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Trump wants op-ed writer revealed President pressures If the person has a high-level security clearance, he said, “I Justice Department don’t want him in those meet- ings.” for investigation A White House official later said the president’s call for a ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE By Ken Thomas, Zeke government investigation was Officer Kevin Tate was indicted Miller and Eric Tucker an expression of his frustration on federal charges along with Associated Press with the essay, not an order for fellow Officer Milot Cadichon. federal prosecutors to take ac- FARGO, N.D. — President tion. Donald Trump declared Friday Though the article was Charges: the U.S. Justice Department strongly critical of Trump, no should investigate and unmask classified information appears the author of a bitingly critical to have been revealed by the Cops took New York Times opinion piece author or leaked to the news- purportedly written by a member paper, which would be a crucial of an administration “resistance” SUSAN WALSH/AP bar to clear before a leak investi- cash to spill movement straining to thwart his President Donald Trump urges the Justice Department to investi- gation could be contemplated. most dangerous impulses. gate the publication of a critical op-ed in The New York Times. “The department does not Trump cited “national securi- confirm or deny investigations,” crash info ty” as the reason for such an He also said he was exploring “Jeff should be investigating said Sarah Isgur Flores, a Duo allegedly shared extraordinary probe, and he bringing legal action against the who the author of that piece was spokeswoman.
    [Show full text]
  • 1982 NCAA College Football Teams
    1982 Air Force Falcons DEFENSE RET RET KR PR 8 wins 5 losses Y 0 Dennis Moore 11-51 23* Mike Kirby 11-64 19* Points Allowed26 / g NOTES: Derek Foster 52-56 14 Tom Stanbury 65-66 20 Scott Thomas 61-62 8 Mike Hoolihan 63-64 6 John Kershner 65-66 2 A 1- / 0 Cleveland McCray B 1 / 0 Chuck Petersen C 2 / 0 Greg Zolninger D 1 / 0 Dwan Wilson DB DB DB DB 0 / 0 Greg Pshsniak 0 / 0 Jeff Rouser 0 / 0 Dick Clark 0 / 0 A.J. Scott E 1 / 0 Shawn Smith F 1 / 1- Tom Stanbury LB LB 0 / 0 Don Smith 0 / 0 Don Smith 1 / 1- 1 / 2- 1 / 0 1 / 0 1- / 0 G Charlie Heath H Chris Funk I Bob Avila J Konda Sullivan µ K Carl Dieudonne DE DT NG DT DE 1- / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 Steve Rafferty Steve Kelly Larry Nicklas Mark Jackson Jeff Hays 1 / 2- 2- / 2 1 / 2- 1 / 2 1 / 2 TA GA CE GB TB Dave Uzzell Dave Schreck Tony Rino µ Richard Smith Scott Wachenheim T G C G T 1 / 1 1- / 1 1- / 1 1- / 1 1 / 1 John Weigand Don Oberdieck Don Oberdieck Don Oberdieck John Weigand R CMP X Y Q OU R EA 2 / 2- Mike Kirby 20* QB 2 / 2 Marty Louthan E 1 7 18 A*† EB 1 / 2 Vic Bortka -- WR QB TE 2- / 1 Dennis Moore 21 1 / 2 Von Cameron F 0 0 20 AAAA 1 / 1 Greg Egan (10) 1 / 1 Tom Coleman 15 0 / 1 Jeff Huff (30) IN OU R IN OU R FB 2 / 2 John Kershner B* C* -- EC 2- / 1 Derek Foster AA AAA 3 FB RB 2- / 1 Jody Simmons A AA 10 PU Punter AVG COF RET BLK 0 / 1 Marcus Greenwood C D -- Jeff Kubiak 43 C B A IN OU R Rushers Receivers SB 2 / 1 Mike Brown AAA AAAA 17 J.
    [Show full text]
  • Rich Rodriguez – Jumping Has Legal Consequences
    deference to state high school athletic associations and educational institutions regardless of the adverse effects on students who are deemed ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics, reflects the judiciary’s strong desire to avoid interfering with and micromanaging the high school educational process.69 In a forthcoming article Professor Timothy Davis and I have proposed that a high school or college athlete should be denied an opportunity to participate in a sport only if doing so actually furthers a legitimate objective of the governing body or a school such as ensuring academic integrity, maintaining competitive balance and fair play, or promoting appropriate standards of conduct.70 In summary, United States law does not establish any constitutionally protected or fundamental right to participate in sports. Nevertheless, Olympic and professional athletes are provided a means to seek independent de novo review of eligibility decisions, usually through a system of private arbitration. In contrast, despite the significant benefits of participation in intercollegiate or interscholastic sports competition, U.S. courts almost uniformly refuse to recognize a legally protected interest in interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic participation or apply more than very limited rational basis scrutiny of student-athlete eligibility determinations unless there is exclusion or discrimination prohibited on constitutional or statutory grounds. ___________ 69. Wooten v. Pleasant Hope R-VI Sch. Dist., 139 F.Supp.2d 835, 843 (W.D. Mo. 2000); Jones, 197 Cal.App.3d 751, 757 (1988) (Stating “schools themselves are far the better agencies to devise rules and restrictions governing extracurricular activities. Judicial intervention into school policy should always be reduced to a minimum”).
    [Show full text]
  • Prssa Movember Collegiate Campaign October 2013 – December 2013
    PRSSA MOVEMBER COLLEGIATE CAMPAIGN OCTOBER 2013 – DECEMBER 2013 CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is Michigan’s largest insurer, covering over 4.4 million people throughout the state. As part of the Blues’ ongoing effort to help people live healthy lifestyles, this fall, the organization is focusing its efforts on early cancer detection. The campaign kicked off in late August in a partnership with the University of Michigan via the Michigan Football Experience Sweepstakes . The campaign has a three tiered approach, focusing on prostate cancer in September, breast cancer in October, and men’s health in November, aka Movember. The goal of this campaign is to activate students around creating awareness for men’s health in Movember by pulling together a public relations plan to support the objectives outlined below. EARLY CANCER DETECTION: MOVEMBER, CHANGING THE FACE OF MEN’S HEALTH According to the American Cancer Society, more than one million people in the United States get cancer each year. Throughout the fall, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network will lead an effort to bring more awareness to the fight against cancer and the importance of early detection through an integrated communications campaign. The Michigan Department of Community Health reports that cancer is the second leading cause of death in Michigan, contributing to significant economic and social costs. An estimated 55,660 people in Michigan were diagnosed with cancer during 2010 and 20,740 were projected to die from cancer. Uninsured patients and those from ethnic minorities are much more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at a later stage when treatment is more extensive, debilitating and costly.
    [Show full text]